Tag: Confession

My Mother, a Newsletter, and the Shocking Confession

Returning to this family in 2019 should have been joyous. I enjoyed every second working with our youth in 2013–2015. We were quite busy, often with a waitlist for 18/19-year-old beds and binders of referrals. It was not like that upon returning as part-time Residential Counselor at the Shelte...

Guilt, Confession, and Fear: The Negative Religious Aspects of Social Media

I closed my Instagram last night feeling the dystopian nature of social media. Stories about the collapse of our environment were directly proceeded by selfies from the same person in a hot new dress from Zara, ready to go out and party. We have come to a place in society where we share videos of...